I believe that AI will empower on-device zero-knowledge (ZK) technology to allow users to privately verify the origin of their data. While the industry tries hard to distinguish between synthetic and human data, I believe it is vital that these verification technologies are embedded directly into the content-source devices we use daily—like phones, iPads, and laptops.To succeed, this needs to be seamlessly integrated into both the daily user experience and the current infrastructure built for AI Agents.
As personal agents become ubiquitous, they must be included in these verification protocols to minimize identity impersonation.For the past two years, I have been digging deep into this field. What I’ve realized is that a software protocol isn’t enough; we ultimately need to introduce new hardware components into edge devices to fully achieve this (read more thoughts on this here: https://eliel.nfinic.com/2025/03/05/unreplicable-device-ids/).While hardware is the ultimate destination, our immediate first step is building the SDK and core infrastructure that can easily interface with that hardware when it becomes available.With the help of both the human and AI agent developer communities, we hope to build this open infrastructure. If you are a builder or have cloud/AI credits to spare, we’d love for you to contribute to the project on GitHub(https://github.com/Ordo-Praecursonum).
Our first tool currently in testing is an iOS custom keyboard that generates ZK-proofs of keystrokes locally on an iPhone. It securely logs inputs and generates a proof without compromising user privacy. Later, these proofs are aggregated on the Sur Chain (built on CometBFT and Swift) and settled on Ethereum or an L2 for cost efficiency.
Check out the details and join the community:
• Website: https://surprotocol.org
• X: @SurProtocol
• Telegram: https://t.me/SurOnTelegram
• Discord: https://discord.gg/w87CQawe7
• Github: https://github.com/Ordo-Praecursonum
